[Mageia-dev] rpm macro help! %apply_patches

2011-12-01 Thread Colin Guthrie
Hi, There are times when the backup files from patches applied with %apply_patches get in the way. It would be nice to be able to disable backup file generation. e.g. with %apply_patches -n Can someone with the appropriate skills do this? I can't remember who wrote this macro (I wrote the very

Re: [Mageia-dev] rpm macro help! %apply_patches

2011-12-01 Thread Pascal Terjan
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 09:58, Colin Guthrie mag...@colin.guthr.ie wrote: Hi, There are times when the backup files from patches applied with %apply_patches get in the way. It would be nice to be able to disable backup file generation. e.g. with %apply_patches -n Can someone with the

Re: [Mageia-dev] rpm macro help! %apply_patches

2011-12-01 Thread Colin Guthrie
'Twas brillig, and Pascal Terjan at 01/12/11 10:19 did gyre and gimble: On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 09:58, Colin Guthrie mag...@colin.guthr.ie wrote: Hi, There are times when the backup files from patches applied with %apply_patches get in the way. It would be nice to be able to disable backup

Re: [Mageia-dev] rpm macro help! %apply_patches

2011-12-01 Thread D.Morgan
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Colin Guthrie mag...@colin.guthr.ie wrote: 'Twas brillig, and Pascal Terjan at 01/12/11 10:19 did gyre and gimble: On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 09:58, Colin Guthrie mag...@colin.guthr.ie wrote: Hi, There are times when the backup files from patches applied with

Re: [Mageia-dev] rpm macro help! %apply_patches

2011-12-01 Thread Pascal Terjan
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 10:28, Colin Guthrie mag...@colin.guthr.ie wrote: 'Twas brillig, and Pascal Terjan at 01/12/11 10:19 did gyre and gimble: On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 09:58, Colin Guthrie mag...@colin.guthr.ie wrote: Hi, There are times when the backup files from patches applied with

Re: [Mageia-dev] rpm macro help! %apply_patches

2011-12-01 Thread Jani Välimaa
2011/12/1 Shlomi Fish shlo...@shlomifish.org: On Thu, 1 Dec 2011 10:19:11 + Pascal Terjan pter...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 09:58, Colin Guthrie mag...@colin.guthr.ie wrote: Or another suggestion. who actually uses these backup files? Perhaps they can just be dropped

Re: [Mageia-dev] rpm macro help! %apply_patches

2011-12-01 Thread Colin Guthrie
'Twas brillig, and Jani Välimaa at 01/12/11 12:31 did gyre and gimble: 2011/12/1 Shlomi Fish shlo...@shlomifish.org: On Thu, 1 Dec 2011 10:19:11 + Pascal Terjan pter...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 09:58, Colin Guthrie mag...@colin.guthr.ie wrote: Or another suggestion.

Re: [Mageia-dev] rpm macro help! %apply_patches

2011-12-01 Thread Colin Guthrie
'Twas brillig, and Pascal Terjan at 01/12/11 10:41 did gyre and gimble: On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 10:28, Colin Guthrie mag...@colin.guthr.ie wrote: So I guess an rpmmacro guru is needed. I think we can have an option quite easily but I don't want to learn lua :) %apply_patches %{lua: keys =